Ecosystem effects of sea otters limit coastal erosion

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Eklof, Johan S.
• 署名单位: Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-4753
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00073-0
• 发表日期: 2024-02-01
• 页码: 35-36
• 关键词: recovery

摘要

Conservation is bringing back certain predators that are high in the food chain, but how this affects an ecosystem overall is debated. Rigorous fieldwork provides strong evidence that sea otters help to mitigate coastal erosion.